Tian Laosan snorted twice before he said: "Xichun County, in addition to the Hong family and our Tian family, there are still five or six rice merchants who can be counted, do you know what I mean by rice merchants?" ”

Han Mo shook his head and said modestly: "I don't understand, please advise!" ”

"Rice merchants, that refers to merchants who have their own private grain depots." Tian Laosan said: "There were many rice and grain shops in Xichun County, but there were not many who had their own warehouses, and our Tian family had their own grain warehouses...... Every year at the time of the harvest, the grain is harvested in various places, and those landlords can receive grain rent, in addition to the delivery to the government, they can also leave a large amount of grain, they naturally can't eat it, so our rice merchants can buy it and store it in the rice storehouse......! ”

Han Mo nodded, but he knew a lot about this truth.

Han Xuanchang used to be the Qing Officials Division of the East China Sea, the landlords of the counties in the East China Sea, they had to pay taxes every quarter, and in addition to the silver, there were also a large amount of rice and grain.

The so-called East China Sea grain depot, which is also divided into two kinds, one is the private grain depot of the Han family, and the other is the official warehouse, according to the rules of the Yan State Household Department, the grain of each season, the imperial court leaves one percent, and the local supplement one percent, all of which should be included in the official warehouse and stored for unprepared needs, and the Transshipment Department and the Transportation Division in the middle of the Food Department are specifically responsible for such matters.

Therefore, the grain that comes out of the local area will generally flow to three places, one granary of the state household department, one granary of the local government, and the other is the private granary of the family.

In the same way, in addition to the silver and grain paid by the local county government, the landlords naturally had a part of the surplus, which was stored in their own private treasury, and many grain merchants went to these landlords' homes to buy their grain, and then traded in the market.

The strength of this grain merchant can be seen from their warehouse, the larger the warehouse, the more grain is stored, which naturally means that their foundation is thick and their strength is deep.

Any rice merchant who can have his own warehouse can be regarded as a rice merchant.

Tian Laosan's eyes showed unwillingness, and said: "You two are afraid that you don't know, before the Dachang River bursts, our Tian family had four shops in the city, and the business is also excellent, and I am the shopkeeper of one of the shops......!" ”

"It turned out to be the shopkeeper Tian, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Han Mo hugged his fists and said, he knew why Tian Laosan was so hateful, his good business was taken away, and he lost the opportunity to make a lot of money, which was not only a blow to the Tian family, but also lost a lot of benefits for Tian Laosan and the three of them.

Tian Laosan touched his waist bone, feeling the severe pain unbearable, this time he was really sure that the waist bone was broken, full of anger, and his resentment towards the Hong family was even deeper, and he was full of resentment at this time, so he was about to vent it, so he continued: "The Dachang River burst its embankment, and there were countless victims, and it was a fool who knew that food was valuable." Our Tian family is ready to earn a good ......! ”

Han Mo knew very well that the struggle between the Tian family and the Hong family was not a question of who was right and who was wrong, both sides were fighting for interests, and if you really wanted to talk about it, there was no good thing.

But then again, finding the right time to make a lot of money is a means for merchants to soar.

Just like the arms dealers of later generations, they are the people who want war in the world, just like the crematorium, for them, the more people who die, the better, and the rice merchants are naturally willing to see the catastrophe and lack of food, and they can make a lot of money.

In the eyes of most businessmen, the most important thing is to be able to bring them benefits, and it is not within the scope of moral considerations to do so.

"But at this time, the county magistrate issued an order, saying that in order to maintain order and not cause local chaos, all rice shops must reorganize ......!" Tian Laosan said hatefully: "Go to *** bullshit reorganization, just let our other rice shops stop, and leave the business to the Dahong rice shop family to do, who let their son-in-law be the county guard!" ”

"That's too domineering, isn't it?" Xiao Mu was silent all the time, and finally interjected at this time.

"Yes, it's overbearing." Tian Laosan said: "And the county lord also ordered that most of the grain in the warehouses of our other rice stores should be sold to Dahong rice stores except for the rations, although the price is thirty percent higher than the market price, but you can see now that the price of rice in the market is a hundred times higher, and it is only thirty percent, which is not even the fur." ”

Han Mo smiled and said, "Your Tianjia rice shop has suffered a big loss this time. ”

Tian Laosan said: "Who said it wasn't." The county magistrate actually sent a messenger to follow the people from the Dahong rice shop to the rice curry of our rice merchants, and the Liu family rice store did not let go of rice, and more than a dozen people were disabled on the spot, and tens of thousands of catties of rice were dragged away...... In our Tianjia rice warehouse, eighty percent of the rice has been pulled away......! ”

Han Mo thought for a moment, this is the so-called monopoly.

"Nowadays, there are countless rice grains in the rice inventory of Dahong Rice Store, all of which are sold out at the price of one pound of money, and it is not a lie to make money every day." Tian Laosan scolded in a low voice: "I'm afraid that this flood will recede in the future, and there will be no place for our other rice merchants in this Xichun County in the future...... He ***, the Hong family is really doing things badly, Lao Tzu cursed them not to die well, ....... After the county keeper came to Xichun County, he actually issued an order that no one was allowed to sell grain privately, and if he wanted to buy grain, he had to go to the Dahong rice store to ......! Tian Laosan was not angry: "In addition to the yacha patrolling and monitoring the streets, Dahong Rice Shop even hired these scoundrels, one is to protect the rice store, and the other is to ......!" ”

Although he didn't say it, Han Mo and Xiao Mu could also understand that this was naturally to monitor whether anyone was selling grain privately.

People like Tian Laosan, who privately find guests to sell grain, naturally have some grain on hand, and secretly find guests like Han Mo who think the price of Dahong Rice Store is too expensive to sell grain.

They did not dare to go out of the city to sell grain.

Outside the city, there are lonely wilderness, and the victims are like clouds, although they are extremely resentful of the people in the government, but they are always a little afraid, but in their eyes, the merchants are ordinary people.

In those days, the status of businessmen was not high.

If anyone dares to go out with grain and sell it at a high price, it is foreseeable that not only will he not be able to bring back a copper plate, but the grain will definitely be robbed.

Hunger can make people crazy, and if the people are compared to rabbits, then the merchants who go out of the city to sell food can only be the rabbit's favorite weed, and although the rabbit is afraid of the beast, they have the ability to tear it up and devour it.

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Tian Laosan was beaten into a human form, and now because of the depression in his chest, he confided a lot of things that Han Mo wanted to hear the most, and he was exhausted at this time, and he didn't have the strength to continue, pointing to a mess of rocks next to the street, and said to Xiao Mu: "You go...... You go there and get my package! ”

Xiao Mu frowned slightly, but he still went to the pile of rocks, looked carefully, and really found a bag, which obviously contained something, but Xiao Mu carried it in one hand, as light as a cloud.

The bag was thrown beside Tian Laosan, and Xiao Mu had already asked, "Is this your grain?" ”

Tian Laosan said: "Yes...... Send me back, and I'll give you food when I get back...... Our Tian family is very powerful in this city, don't think about ......! ”

He wanted to leave, and this grain, which was more valuable than silver, naturally had to be taken away, but it leaked in front of Han Mo and the others, and he was afraid that the two of them would have bad intentions, and he himself was seriously injured, so he was afraid that the two would leave after grabbing the food, so he made a threat.

He didn't know that when he reminded him like this, even if others didn't have this mind, they would be moved by him.

Fortunately, Han Mo and Xiao Mu have other plans, if they are ordinary people, this bag of grain is at least more than 20 catties, no matter whether you are from the Tian family or the Li family, you will definitely snatch it away.

Tian Laosan opened the bag, there were still small bags in it, he grabbed two handfuls of rice and put them in a small bag, handed them to Xiao Mu, and ordered: "You go to the street and hire a car with this grain...... I can't go, so I can only take the car back to the house......! ”

Xiao Mu's lungs are about to explode, this is the dignified Imperial Forest Army Captain, that is a figure who even many court officials can't move, I can't imagine that today I have to listen to the orders of a small businessman, and this businessman is not the real owner.

Holding back his anger and taking the small bag, Xiao Mu glanced at Han Mo, and saw Han Mo nodding slightly, so he left quickly.

Nowadays, grain is equal to silver, Tian Laosan two handfuls of grain, that is more than half a catty of rice, according to the current price, it is worth hundreds of copper coins, used to hire a car, that is naturally a breeze.

Xiao Mu quickly hired a car, and immediately helped Tian Laosan into the car, Han Mo and Xiao Mu also got into the car, followed Tian Laosan's guidance, and went straight to Tianfu.

Tianfu is located in the south of the county, in fact, he is such a rich businessman, in the county seat of Xichun is also a lot, he is just in the rice business to count the number, this Xichun county to do business as much as a cow, all walks of life are merchants, and there are many Qing merchants are also doing business here, so the Tianjia Mansion is not too wide, but the two big stone lions in front of the door are fierce and tight.

The owner of Tianjia Rice Shop, called Tian Buren, is also the number one person in Xichun County.

This person is about fifty years old, but energetic, raised a four-room concubine, and is also extremely shrewd, in the river of the Dachang River has not yet overflowed, he keenly felt the existence of business opportunities, so he gritted his teeth, pulled out the cash on hand, bought grain in all directions, and stored grain on a large scale, which was to prepare for the Dachang River to burst the embankment, to be able to make a fortune, so as to become a real rich businessman.

He clenched his teeth, and he was going to do a big job.

It's just that he never thought that although the Dachang River really broke the embankment, but he couldn't borrow this money, but it was his sworn enemy Hong family, before the Dachang River burst the embankment, he quietly sent his beautiful daughter to the county guard's mansion, and the county guard also fell in love with the daughter of the Hong family, so that the Hong family and the county guard climbed in, and had a big backer, and thus monopolized the rice shop business in Xichun County.

All the preparations of the Tian family, like several other rice shops, were all put into flow.

The hatred in Tian Buren's heart can be described in one sentence, that is, "this hatred lasts forever", and in his heart, he has hatred for the Hong family to the core.

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